Police have arrested a woman described by witnesses as the mother of Perry's boyfriend and grandmother of their 3-year-old son. The arrest followed a standoff at the house.

The grandmother has not yet been charged and her name and age were not released.

Neighbor Ernest Jones says he went inside the house after hearing screams and saw Perry lying in blood near the stairs on the basement floor. He says she appeared to have been hit several times by the ax.

Jones says the attack followed a public altercation Saturday between the two women.